Ian Charleson
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Sep 11, 2026
Eric AndersonHOST
That was, that was pretty fantastic.
Eric AndersonHOST
Um, I know I am a bigger fan of Elsinore than, than m- uh, many here, or at least some here, and I wanna speak on that just for a moment, and that is Andrew Scott who is playing actor Ian Charleson, the Scottish actor who was in Gandhi and Chariots of Fire, and throughout his life sort of did not hit the, the high highs, uh, of a UK actor, but was well-known, and finds himself at a convergence in his life where he has HIV AIDS, is literally dying as he gets the role of a lifetime to play Hamlet for the National Theatre, and it is a very short time period of that, the rehearsal performance.
Eric AndersonHOST
And for Andrew Scott, he, he is very familiar with Hamlet, having played him hundreds of times himself.
Eric AndersonHOST
And I'm already a fan of, of Scott's diversity of work.
Danny BoyleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[cheering] Elsinore!
Tom BrookCORRESPONDENT
The late Scottish actor Ian Charleson, who starred in Chariots of Fire in 1981, was the subject of the film Elsinore, launched at Telluride.
James MenendezHOST
This man was just full of love.
Tom BrookCORRESPONDENT
Actor Andrew Scott's very moving portrayal of Charleson in 1989 as a man determined to prevail playing Hamlet on stage despite suffering from AIDS was the talk of the festival and fueled Oscar speculation.
Marion BaileySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[laughs]
Tom BrookCORRESPONDENT
[crowd cheering] The late Scottish actor Ian Charleson, who starred in Chariots of Fire in 1981, was the subject of the film Elsinore, launched at Telluride.
Tom BrookCORRESPONDENT
Actor Andrew Scott's very moving portrayal of Charleson in 1989 as a man determined to prevail playing Hamlet on stage despite suffering from AIDS, was the talk of the festival and fueled Oscar speculation.
Tom BrookCORRESPONDENT
But it's not just well-wrought feature films that are populating festival season this year.
Mike OneHOST
This poor woman.
Mike OneHOST
Uh, we go from the lead actress front runner to now lead actor also has a front runner because El Senor debuted Friday.
Also MikeHOST
Yeah, and Matt Neglia of Next Best Picture, I just listened to their pod.
Also MikeHOST
He was saying that this is probably his surest bet right now, uh, for a winner at the Oscars.
Also MikeHOST
He is the lead in El Senor from Focus Features.
Also MikeHOST
Premiered Friday at the Tribeca Film Festival to a 91% on 11 Rotten Tomato reviews.
Also MikeHOST
This, of course- Is about the actor Ian Charleson, who was essentially patient zero at the National Theatre in London, performing Hamlet as he was dying of the HIV/AIDS virus in the '80s there.
Also MikeHOST
And Scott Feinberg wrote a piece on Andrew Scott's chances as well, and he said, "With all due respect to the performances of Damon in The Odyssey and Gosling in Project Hail Mary," he came away from Wild Horse Nine thinking, "All right, this is done.
JoshHOST
And Rebecca Ferguson, 'cause I Re- I think Rebecca Ferguson can really get to a, a, another level.
JoshHOST
I mean, Greta Lee's a fantastic actress too, but I, I really think that r- I think Rebecca Ferguson's one of the most underrated actors working today, and she can get to, uh, another level that maybe the funeral side of this is gonna require.
JackHOST
Yeah.
JackHOST
I'm also trying to think, like, have I ever seen Rebecca Ferguson in a role? I haven't seen too much from her, mostly just Mission Impossible, but in a role that's not, like, sad and, like, dead serious.
JoshHOST
...
JoshHOST
I can't believe that, like, of all the, like...
JoshHOST
I, I understand why the actors in Dune hadn't gotten Oscar nominations up to this point.
JoshHOST
But of all of them, I'm surprised she never got any consideration in supporting actress, just because I do think she is that good.
Jonny CoyneGUEST
... readily considered.
Jonny CoyneGUEST
I think they just won for both him and Ian Charleson in that, are just wonderful.
Jonny CoyneGUEST
I mean-
Brendan WayneHOST
Yes
Jonny CoyneGUEST
...
Jonny CoyneGUEST
Ian Charleson, just gorgeous sort of delivery.
Jonny CoyneGUEST
The Sc- the Scottish, um, sort of, uh, uh, uh, guy who goes on to sort of, um- Uh, uh, be a, a, what's it called? Missionary, uh-
Brendan WayneHOST
Yeah
Stephen BeresfordGUEST
got.
Stephen BeresfordGUEST
Wonderful Andrew Scott is playing in Charleston.
Stephen BeresfordGUEST
And Olivia Colman is playing the doctor who kept him alive to play Hamlet.
Stephen BeresfordGUEST
An amazing cast and some people you'd recognise.
Eric AndersonPANELIST
... what my answer to this is going to be, and it's, it's Elsinore.
Eric AndersonPANELIST
It's Andrew Scott as actor Ian Charleson.
Eric AndersonPANELIST
I've been boning up on my, uh, Ian Charleson, uh-
Ryan McQuadeHOST
Jay, did you like that phrasing?
Eric AndersonPANELIST
... films.
Sophia CiminelloPANELIST
Listen, this is the question that has been on my mind since this has been announced.
Ryan McQuadeHOST
It's Olivia Coleman.
Christina BirroPANELIST
So if people don't know that, uh, Ian Charleson-